E 341 Lecture Notes - Dreamwork, Reality Principle, Scara
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Uses insights of psychology and techniques of psychoanalysis to interpret literature. Psychology or psychoanalysis need a mind which psyche or mind is available in literary study. Mental processes of literary characters (though a frequent objection to this is that characters are textual, not real, and as such have no existence beyond words on page and thus no mind" to analyze) Literary work as a mental production of the author"s mind and so, a reflection of his/her psyche (though the objection to this might be that it requires making unconfirmable assumptions about author"s mental state) Literature impacts psyche and mind of reader so could examine psychological effect of the literary work on the readers. Psychoanalysis: what it is and why we need it. Humans are the only animal born so completely helpless and that remain comparatively helpless and dependent for such a long period early in life.
